Heel for boots, shoes, and the like.



E. KEMPSHALL.

HEEL FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED mu. 1. ms.

1,199,902. I Patented 0d. 3,1916.

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HEEL FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed January 7, 1916. Serial No. 70,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Boots, Shoes, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in heels of boots, shoes and the like, and more particularly to the use of rubber heels employing an embedded wear resisting member which forms a tread surface.

In carrying my invention into practical use I employ a coil spring, the outer surfaces of the coils being substantially flush with the tread of the heel to form a tread surface. I

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a construction to localize the wear resisting surface to accommodate heels which wear at various parts.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents a perspective view of a heel illustrating a transverse spring or wearing element embedded in a heel, parts being broken away.

1 represents a rubber or other suitable heel in which is embedded a coil spring 2 which forms a wear resisting member. The coil spring is arranged transverse of a line drawn longitudinally through the heel to localize the Wear resisting surface at the rear of the heel. The spring, when thus positioned, provides on the tread of the heel a series of parallel wear resisting surfaces which are disposed at an angle to a line drawn longitudinally through the heel so as to form a substantial and uniform gripping action on the ground to prevent slipping. When pressure is applied to the heel the spring yields with the rubber and as the latter fills the interstices between the coils, obviously the spring is substantially anchored in place, and furthermore because of the yielding qualities of the spring and the angular disposition of the wearing surfaces, a substantial gri will be taken on the ground, and slipplng will be prevented.

What I claim is 1. In combination, a rubber heel having embedded therein a short straight section of a coiled piece of metal a. portion of the outer surfaces of the coils being flush with the tread surface of the heel.

2. In combination, a rubber heel having embedded therein a short straight section of a coiled piece of metal extending at right angles to a medial line drawn through the heel and its ends terminating short of the edges of said heel, a portion of the outer surfaces of the coils being flush with the tread surface of the heel.

3. In combination, a rubber heel having embedded therein near the rear portion a short straight section of a coiled piece of metal extending in a straight line at right angles to a line drawn longitudinally through the length of the heel, the outer surfaces of the coils being fiush with the tread surface of the heel.

4. In combination, a rubber heel having embedded therein a short straight coil spring, the outer surfaces of the coils being flush with the tread surface of the heel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.

Witnesses:

EMILY F. CAMP, J NO. IMIRIE. 

